Pallet removal for stores, lots and small warehouses

BOX 01What the stack tells the receiver

Anyone taking the pile reads four things from your request: how many pallets, what sizes, what condition, and how a truck gets in. A stack of 40 mixed pallets chained behind a Cordova shopping center is a different job from 400 on a Collierville loading apron.

Photos are not needed. A count and a sentence about access do the work. If the lot is gated, has low clearance or sits behind a locked door, say so.

BOX 02Stores and small sites in the metro

Retail back lots in Cordova, Germantown, Horn Lake and Hernando collect pallets slowly, and clearing them is a periodic job. Retail and small business describes who has this problem and what their piles look like.

BOX 03What happens to what is removed

Sound pallets can be sold on. Worn ones become cores. Broken ones are ground or chipped. A removal request that says which is which lets the receiver price it right, and may turn part of it into a sale.

A store clearing 30 pallets once does not need the recurring pickup page; a store that fills a dock cage every week does.

BOX 04A short checklist for a removal request

• Count: how many, in stacks of how many.
• Condition: whole, broken, damp, oily.
• Size: measured, not guessed.
• Access: dock, yard or inside; paved or not.
• Date: when the space is needed.

These five lines are enough to be read. Add a photo if you can, and the ZIP code.

BOX 05When a removal turns into a sale

Many removal requests include pallets that are worth something. If more than a third of the stack is sound 48 x 40, say so, and consider sending the request as a sale of the good pallets with the rest to clear.

BOX 06Removal in a shared lot

A lot shared by several tenants complicates removal: whose pallets are they, and who can allow a truck in? Naming the property manager helps. If the pile has no owner, say that; some can be claimed after notice and some cannot.

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